The boys called me Jock Dwarf, says teacher accused of sex with 16-year-old

A Classics teacher accused of having sex with a sixth former was mocked and abused by pupils at a public school, a court heard.

Scottish-born Hannah McIntyre, 25, was ridiculed for her accent and branded a 'Jock Dwarf' because of her stature.

Teenagers locked her in a cupboard for 20 minutes on one occasion, and stole her mobile phone on another.

She said: 'I wanted to be the sound, decent teacher who was not heavy handed. I wanted to have a rapport with the students.

'But I think I was a joke teacher. The boys just took advantage.'

McIntyre is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old pupil from the £8,000-a-year Merchant Taylors' Boys' School in Crosby, Merseyside.

The jury at Liverpool Crown Court heard three boys turned up at her home on a Friday evening in January 2008.

During a drunken game inside the flat, one of the 16-year-old's friends dared him to kiss McIntyre in return for £20.

She allegedly responded to the challenge by kissing him 'passionately'.

Two of the boys spent the night in McIntyre's living room, but the 16-year-old got into bed with McIntyre and they had sex, the court heard.

Earlier this week the boy, who cannot be identified, told the court McIntyre had taken his virginity that night.

But yesterday she called his claims 'absolute nonsense' and said the allegations had made her 'inexpressively angry'.

She said: 'I had a job that I loved, that I do not have. I had a reputation which was good, which I do not have.

'It is quite possible that in a couple of days' time, I will not have my liberty either. I would like to see him prosecuted.'

Describing the night of the boys' visit, she said: 'They barged in. They were very loud and boisterous.

'They were invading my space - going through my possessions and mocking anything they could find.

'I asked them to leave but they did not take any notice. I was trying to be non-confrontational - not trying to provoke anything.'

She said that she told them she had to go to the shop in the hope that they would go home, but they followed her and persuaded her to buy them cider, then returned to her flat to drink it.

She claimed to be unaware that the victim had been dared to kiss her and said his attempt to do so left her 'just stunned to start with, and then pretty repulsed'.

She admitted the three teenagers stayed the night at her flat but denied having sex with one of them.

McIntyre said: 'I was starting to have a panic attack and I wanted a hiding place. I went to bed and he followed me. Initially he sat on the end of my bed and he started making simulated sexual noises as a joke for his friends downstairs.

'He was sighing and groaning. I suppose he thought they were moans of ecstasy. I was not making any reaction so he started poking me and pulling my hair.'

She said she was hyperventilating but played the computer game Tetris on her mobile phone to calm herself down until she fell asleep.

When she woke up the following morning, the boys had gone.

McIntyre denies one charge of unlawful sexual activity with a child while being in a position of trust.